Sea Grant Story Archive

Oregon Sea Grant awards $1.22 million for coastal and marine research projects

Alexander McInturf prepares a sevengill shark in Willapa Bay, WA for tagging. Photo credit: OSU Media (Oregon State Productions).

New Oregon Sea Grant hire to engage with coastal communities to address social, environmental issues

Environmental sociologist Valerie Berseth was previously a postdoc at Canada’s Carleton University

Rise in sea urchins, damage to kelp forests impacts Oregon gray whales and their food

Study funded by Oregon Sea Grant finds that decline in kelp led to drop in zooplankton

New Oregon Sea Grant hire to facilitate community engagement on offshore wind energy

Sara Swett is a new Extension specialist in marine renewable energy and communities

Oregon Sea Grant hires expert in climate adaptation to lead extension and engagement team

Jessi Kershner previously worked at the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Oregon Sea Grant names new associate director of education

Tracy Crews now leads Hatfield Visitor Center, Oregon Coast STEM Hub, and K-12 marine ed

OSU, Oregon Sea Grant hire coastal water resources specialist

Based in Gold Beach, Miranda Gray will help people understand coastal water issues

Explore the Oregon coast with updated book of self-guided walks

Compiled by Oregon Sea Grant, the book contains 30 clue-directed 'Quests' in 7 counties

Gray whales off Oregon consume millions of microparticles a day, study finds

Funded partly by Oregon Sea Grant, the study looked at zooplankton and whale poop

Marine heat wave affected young black rockfish but not always for the worse, study finds

Oregon Sea Grant-funded researcher finds that some grew faster as the temperature rose

Oregon Sea Grant-funded study unravels whale entanglement risk off Oregon

Climate and ocean conditions seem to be the main drivers of risk of entanglement in crab gear

Marine scientist hired as new Oregon Sea Grant Extension coastal hazards specialist

Felicia Olmeta-Schult was previously Oregon Sea Grant’s resilience fellow